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I am new to CVS, so I apologize in advance if this is simply a
misconfiguration issue.
I have installed CVSNT (2.0.38 initially, now 2.0.41a) on an NT4 server
(sp6, Terminal Server Edition). As I understand it, the ls command should
list the directories within the repository, and then any modules defined in
the CVSROOT/modules file.
The perceived problem: "cvs ls" attempts to list directories in a
subdirectory of the repository, with the same name as the repository: ie, my
repository is "LearnCVS", cvsnt attempts to list modules in
"LearnCVS/LearnCVS"
I did note in the archives that there were some reports of similar problems
on the mailing list in May, but the threads were dangling (no conclusions.)
The following, from a command prompt session on the server (Bullwinkle). My
prefix is E:\cvsrepo, my repository is "LearnCVS", as such:
[
E:\cvsrepo\ # server prefix
LearnCVS\ # repository
Demo\ # a module added through
TortoiseCVS
Foo\ # another module added through
TortoiseCVS
]
=================== 8< ----------------------------------------
Z:\>set CVSROOT=:sspi:Bullwinkle:/LearnCVS
Z:\>cvs ls
Listing modules on the server
Cvs server: cannot open directory E:\cvsrepo\LearnCVS\LearnCVS: no such file
or directory
Cvs server: skipping directory.
================== 8< ----------------------------------------
To test the behavior, I created a "LearnCVS" folder within
"E:\cvsrepo\LearnCVS", added a few empty folders "Mod1","Mod2", "Mod3", and
"Mod4"
[
E:\cvsrepo\ # server prefix
LearnCVS\ # repository
Demo\ # a module added through
TortoiseCVS
Foo\ # another module added through
TortoiseCVS
LearnCVS\ # dummy folder created using
Explorer.
Mod1\ # dummy "module" folder created
w. Explorer.
Mod2\ # ditto
Mod3\ # ditto
Mod4\ # ditto
]
================== 8< ----------------------------------------
Z:\>set CVSROOT=:sspi:Bullwinkle:/LearnCVS
Z:\>cvs ls
Listing modules on the server
Mod1
Mod2
Mod3
Mod4
================== 8< ----------------------------------------
So it is clearly recursing one level below the repository to list the
directory contents.
Have I misconfigured something, am I just clueless, or should I file a bug
report?
Note that I originally observed this behavior using TortoiseCVS client
1.6.14, and cvsnt 2.0.38. The log text in Tortoise suggested the problem
was server-side, so I tried (a) the server client, and (b) upgrading the
server to 2.0.41a. And here we are today.
Also, when modules are created, they are created at the correct level in the
hierarchy (ie, when I created module "Foo", it appears as
E:\cvsrepo\LearnCVS\Foo).
Any suggestions as to how to proceed will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Jon